X-Planes: Jet Prototypes of World War II: Gloster, Heinkel, and Caproni Campini's Wartime Jet Programmes

X-Planes: Jet Prototypes of World War II: Gloster, Heinkel, and Caproni Campini's Wartime Jet Programmes
Tony Buttler, Adam Tooby
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Paperback
h248 x 184mm - 80pg
19 Sep 2019 UK
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9781472835987
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While World War II raged, pioneering aircraft and engine designers were busy developing the world's first practical jet-powered research aircraft to test and prove the new technology. This book examines the aircraft that paved the way for Germany's Me 262 and Britain's Meteor - the world's first jet fighters. Throughout the war, Germany, Italy and Britain engaged in top-secret jet programmes as they raced to develop the airpower of the future. Various experimental aircraft were trialled in order to achieve the goal of producing an effective engine and fighter that could harness the potential of the jet power. These included the German Heinkel He 178 research aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter prototype, the famed British E.28/39 research aircraft built by Gloster Aircraft as well as the stillborn E.5/42 fighter and E.1/44 Ace fighter prototype, and finally the remarkable Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC 2 research aircraft.Illustrated throughout with full-colour artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating study examines the fore-runners to the military jet age.

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ISBN-13: 9781472835987
Published: 19 Sep 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 248mm
Width: 184mm
Pages: 80

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